Man faced with $126 in library fees

11:12 PM,
Oct. 3, 2012

Adrian McDonald, 23, of Stevens Point, scans the $126 bill he received Wednesday from the Portage County Public Library. 'Thirty-dollars for 'Ice Age'?' he said, reading one charge. 'It must have been the widescreen version.'

Written by

Marisa Gwidt
Journal staff

When Adrian McDonald's 5-year-old recently broke a "Dora the Explorer" DVD rental, he knew he was in for some library fees.

But it wasn't until McDonald was locked out of the Internet on a Portage County Public Library computer Wednesday that the Stevens Point resident was told just how much he owed for "Dora" and about 10 other past-due rentals.

"One-hundred and twenty-six dollars?," the 23-year-old said after a reference desk worker handed the fee statement to him. "I should have used my mom's library card." ...